*knocking* Is anyone out there? Yooooohooooo (echo)

Well, I thought I would come in and say hello and to wish all of you lurkers( I can hear you breathing! ) a nice weekend!

Sylvia

Hi guys, It is I! Don't dispair, we still have life in this wonderful group.

Sorry meant to post sooner, but just been working lots for my childrens study in Indianapolis and soon we will be going to Cincinnati as well. We will probably have to stay over night for a couple of nights as it a 1 1/2 hours away as opposed to the 1 hour to Indianapolis. Had a wonderful time in Los Angeles with all the relatives the week afterwards and got to drive to see my Air Force son, Alan in Lompac, California and what a great time we had going to the ocean and just hanging out with each other. I loved seeing him again but was happy to come home too.

CJ-Thanks got your email and I will send you one back soon. Don't be down, this group is still here and we won't let it die will we? I am happy that you finally were able to buy the property, but so sorry that you had to throw all that meat out. OUCH! That must have hurt quite a bit. I will check out you threads you started, but you know how I don't like to journal and probably won't have the time to do that. But I would like maybe to start an exercise thread as I have been doing really great at that at least.

Sylvia-Yaaaa glad to hear that your parents are finally coming back again and you will have more time since you won't be babysitting anymore. Thanks for the health tips you posted, I read it and I am sure it will help somebody else. And I loved what you posted on The Medical purpose of M & M's. Don't worry that weight you put on from having Nico will come off, I can tell by the way you are determined. We will be here for you Sylvia.

Hope everyone is doing great and come on and post with us. WE MISS YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Love you guys, Sharon

Howdy Ladies!

Just popping in for a quick hello. I hope you are all doing well. My parents are FINALLY back so that means I can concentrate on my weight loss. I semi started on the South Beach Diet...I had a scone with my nonfat decaf latte I was good for the rest of the day. I did call my sister and confess about the scone. My parents are leaving again in June so I have some time.

*sigh* baby is crying...got to run and put him to sleep!

Hugs to all!

Sylvia

Hi guys, or should I say Sylvia? HA HA

Anyways, kinda lonely here. Just got back from working my study in Cincinnati and headed for Florida tomorrow bright and early with my daughter, Kelly to see other Air Force daughter, Tracy and her husband, Brett. I can't wait to go there. Kelly decided that I needed to get away for a bit, and not get away just working. LOL My brother, Jerry is on oxygen now alot of the day and nights. He has an in home oxygen machine and he is not doing so much better and not having all those breathing attacks like he used to have all through the night, most every night. He has the tanks too, but so far he usually just takes them along with us, but sometimes doesn't use them too much.

He will be going the day after I leave, on Thursday to my other brother's, in Boca Raton for 2 weeks so that will be nice for him to enjoy the great weather they have there. So all is well here. Just busy busy busy. When I get back on Saturday from Tracy's the very next day it is back to a hotel in Cincinnati to do more testing in that area. We will be gone a lot of the month of April and May so I will be going crazy I tell you. LOL

Sylvia, glad to have you post with us. I am too lonely here. LOL Even though I have not been home too much, I am STILL pretty lonely. HA HA

Hey Sylvia, Glad your parents are back. Now you will have more time to do what you want to do. Well as much as you can have with that little one. LOL How goes it on the South Beach Diet? I heard that was a pretty good one. I am half tempted to quite this darn Weight Watchers, since I am not following it like I should and get the Dr. Phil book and start following that. Especially since I watch him all the time and always tape the Weight Loss Challenge episodes faithfully. So we will see what happens, I just know I am tired of wasting money all these years and not doing it as I should. I am not going to do anything now, but just keep on trying to watch what I eat, drink water and exercise. But I have been pretty crappy lately on all of that, since I have been traveling and just going all the time. I had gained when I got back from LA, but took most of that off and here I am again creeping up. Man it doesn't end does it ladies?

Well guys, time to end this and get to unpacking, from Cincinnati and repacking for Florida. Oh I guess I should do some laundry while I am at it.

Take care and talk to you when I get back from Florida. I hope to find some more posts here so I won't be so lonely when I get back. I know Sylvia is lonely right?

Love you guys, Sassy Sharon

Well ... maybe between the 3 of us we can keep this group going until "the lurkers" decide to return to us.

Sharon:
Got your email and will answer it soon .. hope you have a great time with Tracey and Brett ...One of these days (between your trips) we need to have a phone conversation ... we have much to catch up on!

Slyvia:
Well .. finally, your parents are home and you can concentrate on your diet - that's great! My friend is on the South Beach diet and is doing quite well. Me .. I am still doing low-carb - not Atkins, but just keeping the bad carbs at a minimum, or not at all. Got myself back on track anyway the last couple weeks ... think I will start an April food journal if you care to post there with me. It helps sometimes to see what someone else is eating too.

We are back up at the cabin again ... we are working on the bathroom - finally we are going to have indoor plumbing! Also, we have been bringing up stuff from our house downstate trying to get it as empty as possible so we can paint and get it ready to put up for sale. We're taking a 2 week trip to Maine next week ... that will be fun.

OK .. all you "lurkers" ... get your "selfs" in here and post with us .. and any newbies are so welcome .. we need to get this group going once again!

Until later ...
Love, CJ

Good morning!

Just a quickie here to say hello and to help keep this thread rolling ... I started a new weigh-in thread for the month and also a new Food Log for April. Hope ya all have a great day and hope to hear from someone later on.

Love, CJ

Just popping in to say hello -- hope everyone is doing well.

Love, CJ

Good Morning! Hope ya all have a great day!

Love, CJ

Howdy

I have thought about coming back & posting here again with you. I don't want your group to die out so I decided I will post here when I can....And I can stay with my other group also. Is that ok?

Since I last posted here, I have been doing WW (on my own) and I joined the YMCA 2 weeks ago! I'm doing water aerobics 3 times a week and I love it!! I'm trying so hard to lose weight and get into shape for summer! I would hate to have those same buldges and fat hanging over my swimsuit as I had last summer when I got up to 191.

I will check back later with ya'll and see if it's ok for me to post here again!

Have a great OP day!!

Sherry - so good to see your post .. Of course we want you to post with us - an honor indeed. And thanks for your concern about our thread .. I hope this is just a "bad spell" we are going thru and that we will survive! Great job on your water arobics and weight loss so far! I am doing low-carb - not Atkins or South Beach - just trying to keep all the bad carbs out of my system .. am doing pretty well with it ... and my stomach certainly feels much better!

Once again ... great to see you posting with us ... you are soooo welcome!

Love, CJ

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Just having my cup of coffee here before we pack up to go home from the cabin ... have to re-pack for our trip to Maine, Vermont, etc this Friday with friends. I have so much to do in the next 4 day it makes my head spin! I'll post a few more posts of course before I leave. Hope everyone has a great day today, and that includes "our lurkers" too! lol

Later ...
Love, CJ

Howdy Ladies!

Just "popping" in for a quick hello. I know I haven't posted in a few days...sorry. Well, nothing new to report...can't do the South Beach Diet while breastfeeding, made my supply become almost nonexisting. I did lose 3 pounds in 3 days doing my own low carb thing. Basically, I just eat my "good carbs" carbs at breakfast and lunch and a salad and grilled veggies for dinner. I've been staying away from all "white" carbs and this seems to be working. I bought some "Carb option" ice cream bars yesterday at Costco...those are GOOD! I was surprised to find out that they are 22% fat and only 5 net carbs. I have just a general low carb comment. My sister and I were discussing this the other day. Why is it that anything "low carb" is higher in fat. Wouldn't the fat content be just as harmful as the carb content(healthwise)?

I really haven't had much time to relax at the computer lately. Nico is MOBILE!!! Lordy is that kid fast! He's not walking yet but he pulls himself up and "walks" around the coffee table and between his toys. He is crawling all over now...really crawling and not doing the army crawling thing. He doesn't want to be held as much as before (which is OK 'cuz he's heavy) and just wants to "walk". His favorite toy? THe electrical outlets! We put those cover things on them but he tries to pull them off My Mom just cracks up and says "wait, it gets better". My baby is turnign 8 months old next week time is going by so quickly. I'm already planning his birthday party. My husband thinks I'm nuts...I started planning in February. What can I say...I don't want to wait 'till the last minute and find out that everything is booked or rush around trying to get things done.

Sherry-Hey girl! So nice to hear from you!!!!! You are so sweet for not letting our little group die out! I do miss your posts! How do you like the Y? I know you used to go to curves. I'm debating on whether to join the Y (they have childcare for $24 month....2 hour max and you have to be in the building) or stay with Curves. I have been looking for water aerobics classes since I found out I was pregnant and couldn't find anything affordable. I'm going to look into it again. Which do you like better? My baby is going to start swimming lessons next month so hopefully, I will get more info. Please post here as often as you like!!!

CJ-I know what you mean about others seeing what you eat. You feel more accountable for what goes in your mouth. I did do alot better when I wrote everything down for my nutrtionist while I was pregnant. It's all about accountability and the fact that someone else is seeing what you eat. We can do this!!! Try not to go to low carb, if you have less than 20 or 30 a day(I can't remember) your body goes into ketosis and that is dangerous. Complex carbs are better than the "empty" ones. I have to go and look for the information my nutritionist gave me. She didn't give me much as she wanted me to by the book she wrote! Have fun in Maine!

Sharon- Wow, you are just travelling all over! I feel bad for not calling you when you were in LA...I'm sorry about that. When I finally remebered, you had already checked out. South Beach Diet is pretty good, my sister lost 15 pounds and her husband lost 20. I was lucky that she let me borrow her book. I just went through and looked at all the "Diet " books that are sitting on my shelf. I know what you mean about wasting more money on weight loss. With all that I've "invested" in losing weight, I could have had full body liposuction! Have fun in Florida!

Wow, that was more than a "quick" post! I'm off to make some oatmeal...with no sugar, thank you very much! Baby is crying. I am learning to just let him cry it out...not pleasant but something I have to do.

Have a great week ladies!

Sylvia

Howdy

I'm so glad this Monday is almost over! What a day at work!! After work I went to water aerobics at the Y. Gosh I feel so much better!

Sylvia,
Thanks for the warm welcome back! I've missed you too! Have you got any new photos of Nico? I would love to see him! Oh BTW: CONGRATS on your baby boy! I can't believe he's almost 8 months old. I know he's the pride & joy of your life. Children sure change your life but in a good way...don't they? About Curves: I only went 4 times but had to pay for the whole year! I found it to be boring.But I do know others who love it. I love the Y! I look so forward to working out (water aerobics) 3 times per week. I know I have already lost inches, just haven't measured yet. Do you have a Y close to you?

CJ,
Wow girl..You have a nice trip planned! Is it to visit with the kids & Grandkids? My Parents are retired and they travel a lot too. Never know when & where they're going or end up at! Hopefully Wayne & I will get to one day!

Sharon,
Are you back yet? I was hoping to surprise you by posting again! I've missed you!!

Later

Hi ....

Just checking in then going to bed .. It's been a long day and I am very tired.

Slyvia:
Wow you Nico is really getting big isn't he. Hahaha .. just you wait .. the "terrible twos" will be here before you know it! lol Good job on the 3lb loss - and those carb option bars are the greatest aren't they? I got them also and they are good. It's hard to stop at just one, but I do ...

Sherry:
I like your picture! I am looking forward to our trip, but unfortunately it is not to see the grandkids. My out of state grandkids are in Kansas, Colorado, Arizona and California ... Thank heavens I have some here in Michigan too! The Maine trip are with friends of ours - we're going in their motor home.. I'm hoping we can make Pennslyvania and take the QVC tour - I love QVC!

Sharon:
I know your traveling is going to keep you away most of this month and May but please try to sneek in here for a few posts too ok? We miss you. I know I owe you an email .. if I don't get it to you before our trip, I promise for sure a nice long one when we get back. But know I think of you all the time .. do you feel the vives???

Well ... off to bed for me. Talk to ya all tomorrow (I hope)

Love, CJ